linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][PATCH] scsi: esas2r: fix potential format string flaw

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Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:45:00 -0500
From:	Bradley Grove <bgrove@...otech.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bradley Grove <linuxdrivers@...otech.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH] scsi: esas2r: fix potential format string flaw

Acked-by: Bradley Grove <bgrove@...otech.com>


On 12/17/2013 01:27 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> This makes sure format strings cannot leak into the printk call via the
> constructed buffer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c |    2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c
> index 9bf285df58dd..61fc19d296bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int esas2r_log_master(const long level,
>   		if (strlen(event_buffer) < buflen)
>   			strcat(buffer, "\n");
>
> -		printk(event_buffer);
> +		printk("%s", event_buffer);
>
>   		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&event_buffer_lock, flags);
>   	}
>

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